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		1200 new species discovered in the Amazon. 900 of them can kill you, 1176 are delicious (cnn.com)		24
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FirstNationalBastard		2010-10-26 09:37:25 PM

So... if I like Pyrilia aurantiocephala, I may also enjoy a Bolivian river dolphin?

Mordant		2010-10-26 09:49:14 PM

How many can I get with 1 day delivery ?

FirstNationalBastard		2010-10-26 09:52:25 PM

Mordant: How many can I get with 1 day delivery ?

If you put 24 new poison dart frogs on your Amazon credit card, you get a free Amazon Prime trial.

basemetal		2010-10-26 10:16:48 PM

How long until most of them are loved to death?

LosinMySenses		2010-10-26 10:31:07 PM

How long til they become extinct when we burn the Amazon up?

IKanHazaBukkit		2010-10-26 11:01:25 PM

I really want this. (new window)

Quantum Apostrophe		2010-10-26 11:06:02 PM

But exploring space is a huge priority, right? Cubic light years of vacuum, very important.

LiteCheesyPoofs		2010-10-26 11:10:59 PM

This one strangely missing FTA:

i47.photobucket.com

TheAmazingWizard		2010-10-26 11:13:26 PM

And several can probably also get you high.

CornFedIowan		2010-10-26 11:20:13 PM

TheAmazingWizard: And several can probably also get you high.

Covered in the "delicious" category.

jeanwearinfool		2010-10-26 11:30:48 PM

Having not RTFA I have to ask, is there a reason for the bad math?

IlGreven		2010-10-26 11:39:03 PM

jeanwearinfool: Having not RTFA I have to ask, is there a reason for the bad math?

Wait, being deadly and being delicious are mutually exclusive properties?

RookStar		2010-10-27 01:06:40 AM

IKanHazaBukkit: I really want this. (new window)

Wow. Thanks for the nightmare fuel.

jeanwearinfool		2010-10-27 01:39:08 AM

IlGreven: jeanwearinfool: Having not RTFA I have to ask, is there a reason for the bad math?

Wait, being deadly and being delicious are mutually exclusive properties?

Well now that you put it like that...

Software2		2010-10-27 02:33:40 AM

You're just not using enough QQB sauce, Subby.

Doctor Jan Itor		2010-10-27 05:03:56 AM

I remember when I discovered Tuscan Whole Milk on Amazon.

padraig		2010-10-27 06:09:21 AM

I decided never to visit the amazon when I read that you can catch an infection by pissing in the river, because the bacteria swim UP your urine stream.

Ego edo infantia cattus		2010-10-27 06:58:02 AM

1200 new species discovered in the Amazon.

In a row?

/sluuuurp sluuuuurp slurrrrrrrrrp.

ZAZ		2010-10-27 08:25:37 AM

I read a book by a biologist who worked in the drier parts of South America and found biodiversity at least as great as in the Amazon. In North America, the wildlife of the forested East is surprisingly monotonous compared to the wildlife of the West. In the squirrel family only about 8 of the 70 or so species are native to the part east of the Mississippi (three tree squirrels, two flying squirrels, one or two ground squirrels, chipmunk, groundhog).

ramen_for_all		2010-10-27 10:18:04 AM

CSB:

Brother-in-law is heavily decorated, long-serving, now retired sniper and all around verifiable badass. He said, regarding the ocean, "There's not much on two legs or four that I cannot kill on land... but in the ocean?! I'm in the middle of the food chain and I can't shoot a gun underwater."

Justeastofhere		2010-10-27 10:41:54 AM

New to who ?

PghThermal		2010-10-27 01:05:01 PM

"New to who ?"

Good question. Apparently that snake was known in 1936.

rdyb		2010-10-27 02:38:21 PM

Quantum Apostrophe: But exploring space is a huge priority, right? Cubic light years of vacuum, very important.

Exploring vacuum, no. Developing lifeless offplanet resources instead of destroying vital habitats, most definitely yes. Getting to know these unique species as we kill them off won't do them any good.

resident_freq		2010-10-27 08:32:57 PM

IlGreven: jeanwearinfool: Having not RTFA I have to ask, is there a reason for the bad math?

Wait, being deadly and being delicious are mutually exclusive properties?

Well, the 24 poison dart frogs may have been delicious, but in tastes tests everyone just responded with 'ARRRGHHH!!! ARRRGHHHH!! GRAAAKKK! *thud*'

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